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i don't know bash

i don't like to read or write bash

why am i stuck updating bash scripts

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  • 9
    Don't feel abashed. It may be you are just having too much bash. So you are bash-full. No reason to hide. It is also okay to bash bash.
  • 1
    Go for zsh
  • 4
    You are stuck upating bash scripts so you don’t have to use n bash commands instead of launching the script once. Therefore by using bash you are avoiding to use bash.

    #technicallyTheTruth
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    I’m with @Demolishun. Write Python or Ruby scripts instead.

    Then again, bash is absolutely the better tool for some things, and for most shell-related things.

    Totally not going to argue about its awful syntax and flow and conventions, though. Yuck.
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    @Root sometimes I forget how terrible bash’s syntax is and think “it can’t possible be that bad”. Then I get bitch slapped by shit like this. Why the ‘fi’ and square brackets?!?!
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    Posix shells scripts are horrible to write.

    Sadly, sometimes i do not really have a choice. Shell scripts have their strengths and it is almost always available. My embedded Linux has neither Python, Perl, Ruby, not even bash, just sh from Busybox.
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